Recent discussions about the future of publishing has made me think a lot about PSFK’s approach to publishing. As part of my pondering I put together a simple document with a comparison of an article that features on the Financial Times and PSFK. By looking at an article on the same subject, I wanted to compare and contrast the editorial and business approaches between a “traditional” publisher and a new one without making too much commentary about what is the right or wrong approach. I thought it might be of interest to share.
PDF: A comparison of FT and PSFK articles
Original FT article
Original PSFK article
If you find it interesting please discuss in the comments below or share with others. If there’s something you think I missed, let me know as I’ll update it with any major changes that need to take place.
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I obviously see lots of advantages and disadvantages of both models. I’m curious what you think are some of those might be, Piers.
(I’d also add parts on paragraph length. Though there isn’t too much differentiation between the two articles, for being a lengthy article, the paragraphs in the FT article are broken down into small, digestible chunks—appropriate for the scanning reading culture of online.)
July 28th, 2009 at 3:40 pm